Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJiwon Choi, Byoungin Lee
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body generating a suction force, and a suction unit comprising a suction chamber opened to suck foreign materials by the suction force. The suction unit includes a brush drum partially protruding toward an outside of the suction chamber within the suction chamber and provided rotatably, and a blade provided to collect foreign materials as extended along an extending direction of the brush drum while being spaced apart leaving a gap from the brush drum inside the suction chamber, and including a transformable portion to be transformed to widen the gap.
Claims13
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner body generating a suction force;
- and
- a suction unit comprising a suction chamber having an opening configured to suck foreign materials by the suction force,
- wherein the suction unit comprises:
- a brush drum partially protruding toward an outside of the suction chamber within the suction chamber and provided rotatably, and
- a blade provided to collect foreign materials as extended along an extending direction of the brush drum while being spaced apart leaving a gap from the brush drum inside the suction chamber, and comprising a flexible portion configured to flex to widen the gap,
- wherein the suction unit comprises a brush cover provided to cover a portion of the opening of the suction chamber,
- wherein the brush cover comprises a blade supporter supporting the blade to be extended parallel to a lengthwise direction of the brush drum while being spaced apart from the brush drum,
- wherein the blade supporter is fixed directly to at least one portion of a surface of the blade facing the brush drum,
- wherein the blade supporter is positioned between the at least one portion of the surface of the blade facing the brush drum and the brush drum, and
- wherein the blade supporter comprises a forward edge positioned on the at least one portion of the surface of the blade facing the drum, with the forward edge defining a plurality of alternating recessed and protruding portions provided along a lengthwise direction of the blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.